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Water treatment facility nearly lost in Aug. 15 flooding Chesterfield County’s Utilities Department is building a flood wall to protect its Addison-Evans water treatment plant on the Swift Creek Reservoir, which has been severely damaged by flooding twice in a two-year period – most recently less than a month ago. The department has applied for… Read More
As climate change drives more intense storms, hurricane-related costs in the United States have increased 1,100% since 1980, and the population of counties prone to hurricane damage has increased at least 22% faster than the overall U.S. population has grown. State governments must prioritize rebuilding better and investing in climate resilience now to avoid the… Read More
By James Bernstein The winner of Long Beach’s never-ending battle against nature seems all too obvious, at least at the southern end of Washington Boulevard: It’s the ocean. The sand is disappearing rapidly on some areas of the beach, not only at Washington, but also at Neptune Boulevard, farther east. There sunbathers sit further back,… Read More
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) have approved two Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) that will make nearly $6 million available to support offshore wind and other clean energy projects in the state. Under the agreements, New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program (NJCEP), which is administered by… Read More
SPOTSWOOD–In the latest step toward rehabilitating the municipality’s DeVoe Lake, the Borough Council approved a resolution rejecting a submitted bid for DeVoe Lake Dredging Phase I. The council and mayor had previously authorized the borough clerk to advertise for the receipt of sealed bids for Phase I in accordance with specifications filed in the office… Read More
The LNG export terminal proposed for Gibbstown, New Jersey, will have to wait a bit longer, now that the multistate Delaware River Basin Commission has postponed a vote on the project until data and documents in the case can be reviewed. The project would involve construction of a new dock and partial dredging of the… Read More
SURF CITY, NC (WWAY) — After years of dealing with erosion along the coast in Surf City, the town now has a plan in place to renourish the beaches. Erosion is always a concern at local beaches, especially following a major storm. But Surf City has been working towards a solution for over a decade…. Read More
ATLANTIC — After months of work,theCarteret County portion of the large and complicated Atlantic Harbor improvement project is finished. Greg Rudolph, manager of the County Shore Protection Office, supervised the dredging to make the harbor more accessible, as well as the granite sill construction project around White Point, just offshore the harbor in Core Sound…. Read More
MENOMINEE, MI — A river that marks the border between Michigan and Wisconsin has been removed from a federal list of heavily polluted sites in Great Lakes waters, although it continues to have contamination issues with toxic fluorochemicals. Michigan and Wisconsin officials joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in announcing last week that the lower… Read More
DETROIT — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials report despite seasonal declines, Great Lakes water levels remain high as fall storms approach. “The Corps of Engineers urges anyone impacted by high water levels last fall to prepare for similar or worse impacts in the coming months,” Detroit District Great Lakes Hydraulics and Hydrology Office Chief,… Read More
Sandwich Town Manager George H. (Bud) Dunham is asking three federal legislators to help secure an ongoing source of sand to beef up Sandwich’s eroded beach and, in turn, to save historic village areas from potentially devastating storm surges. “Under heightening climate change conditions, these continued erosional pressures have reached a critical stage that have… Read More
Georgia doesn’t have a very big coastline; it’s only about 100 miles. But the coast it does have is lined by salt marsh, the muddy expanse of tall grass and meandering creeks between the mainland and the barrier islands. “I don’t know that anybody could look out across the Georgia salt marsh, the Golden Isles,… Read More
Snake Island will close for 75 days, starting Monday, so the West Coast Inland Navigation District can dredge Lyons Bay and place sand and rock on the island at the end of Venice Inlet, which is a haven for area boaters. The project timeline would have boaters seeking other shores until it reopens in December…. Read More
The Port St. Joe Port Authority, through a host of board members and chairs, has been for nearly two decades a kind of hurry-up-and-wait proposition. The wait time may soon be shortened a tad. As Eastern Shipbuilding continues to prep its mill site bulkhead site for outfitting Staten Island ferries, the Port Authority is moving… Read More
FLAGLER BEACH — Flagler County commissioners Wednesday unanimously approved filing for eminent domain against one property owner in an effort to save the $25 million dune restoration project. “There’s an owner that owns two remnant parcels in the middle of the project that would prevent the Army Corps of Engineers from going forward,” said Al… Read More